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On average, looked-after children do less well at school than their peers with marked differences in educational outcomes between local authority areas. Virtual schools are local authority teams that support the learning of children in care. This study by the University of Exeter, University of Oxford and the National Association of Virtual School Heads (NAVSH) set out to explore the effectiveness of virtual schools and how this could be improved.

National charity Kinship has been awarded an 18-month contract by the Department for Education to deliver a national training and support programme for kinship carers in England as part of reforms put forward in the government's response to the Care Review.

Millions is being invested to help ensure the country’s most vulnerable young people can maximise their learning.

"The private owners of care homes need to be taken on," the senior Tory said.

Schools should become 'corporate parents' for looked-after children, after review warns relationship between social care and education 'consistently fraught'